Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum (Uniondale, NY)

In the middle of Long Island is one of the Oldest NHL Arenas, it actually seems like it is very out of place for an Arena. The exterior of the building is anything but modern. There also isn't really a single main entrance to the building but both of the long sides had porches build onto it that were probably suppose to be. There is one concourse servicing the entire arena. At first I really liked this set up, you didn't have to go anywhere to get in to your seats. Then I figured out that this means that this one concourse also services all the people in the building. At intermission the it be comes insanely packed and becomes very hard to navigate.
So far it probably sounds like I'm not a fan of the place however I very much am. Something about the arena seems warm and cozy. Honestly I'm a little sad that hockey won't be played in this place after this season. There were plenty of fans quick to point out they are not happy about the team moving to Brooklyn, I think the best description is that they are bitter.

Seats
Tickets here are probably the best priced tickets I've ever purchased. I got 2 tickets for $15, and the face value of the tickets were $15 each. The seats have ageing padding however they are still very comfortable, partially due to how they are positioned. They also seem bigger than the seats usually are in modern arenas. The drop in the seats is less than ideal, a large person in front of you will severely hamper your ability to see the game. The seats in the last two row are made of metal.
Another thing that I noticed from above is that there doesn't seem to be glass seats. The seats are pulled back about 5ft from the glass so they don't really seem like glass seats.

Concessions
With a single ring for a concourse you have a situation where there are more carts than built in concessions. There are plenty of places to eat and plenty of places to get beer. This is actually the first place where they had an actual beer garden., which was a covered area outside the building. Oh and they had a live band with the beer too. However the best beer choices in the building is at a place called 22 beers. Here are some of the prices around the arena:
Beer - $9.75 (seemed to have just one price)
Wraps - $9.50 (Italian, Buffalo Chicken)
Hot Dog - $6.25
Personal Pizza - $9.50
Popcorn - $7.00
Pretzel - $7.00
Peanuts - $5.00
Cheese Steaks - $9.75
Pulled Pork Sandwiches - $9.75
Bathrooms are big and planned out very well for servicing large amounts of people, but still can't service all the stadium on the single concourse. The good news is that the seats behind the away goalie aren't totally filled, so you can search out the bathrooms behind those sections and reach a toilet faster.

Game Experience

I've already rambled about how old the arena is but there is an impressive feeling of nostalgia with the teams retired jerseys and Stanley Cup banners hanging from the ceiling. The team introduction comes with ice girls waving Islanders flags with some great light displays although they aren't unique to the Islanders.
As I mentioned there are ice girls that do promotions for the team and clear the ice during the TV time-outs. Also during the stoppages they have mini-contests for fans. In between the periods they had blimps flying around, and during the second intermission they had a puck toss for people. They also had a children's choir come and sing America the Beautiful.
The sound system is loud but it's like listening on bad head phones. Even with the poor sound the fans make up for it. They just happen to be insanely loud in fact they're the loudest I've heard and the stadium was a little over half full. I didn't actually know that there was an announcer until the visiting team scored because of how loud it was. There is so much Ref hate here the fans boo when the hit the ice, preform echoing @//hole chants. They also enjoy a healthy Rangers suck chant, to the "tune of if your happy and you know it". As you would expect when the Islanders score the building erupts and when they're done Whoooooaaaaing they "ooooo" back and forth. The fans don't stop celebrating after they leave the arena, it seems that every car in the parking lot had their horns blazing. The last rows in the upper sections along the sides have a blocked view of the Jumbotron but you can see the ice perfectly. The seats that are blocked have TVs but they play commercials and not the Jumbotron feed. The fans at Nassau made this game very fun.

Other (Transportation):
This section seems to have started to focus on transportation to the arena so I'm just going to change the name. There is ample parking for the Coliseum and its not overly expensive $8.25 for the cheapest, $15 and $30 for the closer parking. If you're coming from Manhattan then there is a Train Bus combination that will get you to the arena but its not terribly convenient.

New York Islanders 4 - San Jose Sharks 3 (SO)